Google watched by the “syndrome” Microsoft? – The world

Le Monde | 21/04/2016 at 6:42 | By Zeliha Chaffin and Cécile Ducourtieux (Brussels, European Office)

from Brussels, where Google is looking more and more like Microsoft, who had spent more than ten years in the early 2000s, struggling with the European commission and its services from the competition. Fined records, forced to change its behavior, the US software giant had left a lasting effect.

His great rival, leader of online

services, primary market capitalization in the world, is not not there yet. But Margrethe Vestager, the European competition commissioner has still struck a blow on Wednesday 20 April, confirming that an indictment had been sent against Android, its operating system for smartphones. A year to the day after sending a first list of complaints about the Google Shopping service, Danish, known for his determination, suspect again Google for abuse of dominant position.

Three behaviors are singled finger. “First, Google requires manufacturers wishing to pre-install the Google Play Store application store on their machines, to pre-install also Google Search as the default search engine. In addition, manufacturers who want to pre-install Search or Play Store must also pre-install the web browser [home] Chrome “ says M ^me Vestager.

second complaint: “Google discourages manufacturers wishing to pre-install Google applications, even on one of their machines, to use a modified version of Android on their machines. Or Android …